Ghosts fans can now rejoice as the BBC series is making a huge come back. Just over two years on from a Christmas special, the story will be continued on the big screen with a feature film.
The hilarious yet heartwarming sitcom follows married duo Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) and Alison Cooper (Charlotte Ritchie), where the latter finds out that she inherits an abandoned chateau called Button House. However, both quickly find out that Button House is abandoned for a reason, and Allison is now able to interact with the ghosts haunting the area following a near-death experience.
After premiering in 2019, the series ran for five seasons before seemingly concluding with a festive special in 2023, but it seems that there’s still (after)life yet in the old house as family adventure Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House will be releasing this year.
If you’re worried that the laughs end in the series, they have been assuaged. The film has been written and created by the same team behind the hit BBC TV series, including Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond. Additionally, Smith-Bynoe, Ritchie and Lolly Adefope will reprise their respective roles alongside Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond. However, little has been revealed from the plot.
Simon Hynd, who directed the fourth and fifth seasons as well as two Christmas specials, will return to helm the big-screen outing, while Alison Owen and Debra Hayward serve as producers.
“We thought we had said goodbye to Button House at the end of the final season,” said the various co-creators and co-writers of the series in a statement. “We never planned to come back.
“But when we had the idea for this story, we all got so excited that we couldn’t resist returning to our haunted home for one more adventure. We can’t wait to be together and to welcome some brilliant new faces, to tell this soul-stirring tale of life and death.”
“We are thrilled to be bringing this hit comedy to the big screen for an even bigger audience to enjoy,” added Owen and Hayward, while fellow producer Alison Carpenter said that “diehard fans and newcomers are in for a treat”.
Eva Yates, Director of BBC Film, said: “At BBC, we are overjoyed to be bringing our beloved Ghosts back once again, this time for a hilarious and cinematic adventure, for the enjoyment of audiences on big and small screen alike.”
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House will be released October 23rd, a week from Halloween.
